Archive for January, 2012
‘Bloodless’ Surgery: An Alternative to Invasive Medical Procedures?
By Nima Ahmady-Moghaddam, George Washington University The choice of words may at first glance be misleading. For several years now, an increasing number of hospitals – including University Hospital in Newark, NJ, Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA – have been implementing medical techniques and protocols that are geared [...]
Paramedics: A Danger to Patients?
By Michael West, George Washington University There’s a motto in emergency medical services (EMS) that one learns during his first days of training, “no airway, no patient.” Paramedics are trained in advanced pre-hospital medicine including advanced airway management techniques. One of the most notorious of these techniques is the endotracheal intubation (ETI), a technique in [...]
Bacterial Hydrogen: What Does it Mean for Future Medicine?
By Jessica Kowalik, George Washington University From deep-sea hydrothermal vents to our own gastrointestinal biomes, bacteria that convert hydrogen to energy are a crucial and fascinating component of microbial ecosystems. Their hydrogen consumption may hold the key to explaining why certain animals are able to flourish several kilometers beneath the sea and how human pathogens [...]
Harry Potter: Lost in Translation
Universal Studios announced in early December its plans to add a Harry Potter section to its Los Angeles theme park, in a move that further strengthens the position of J.K. Rowling’s franchise worldwide. The park will supplement and likely resemble the one in Orlando, which features a replica of Hogwarts Castle, roller coaster rides, and [...]
Union for the Mediterranean’s Water Desalination Project
By Shilpa Muralidaran, George Washington University The Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental institution which provides a political and institutional framework for Euro- Mediterranean relations, and seeks to increase the potential for regional integration and cohesion between member countries. The organization was established at the Paris Summit of Heads of State and Government on [...]
Grassroots Special Needs Program Seeks the Paralympic Dream
On any given Saturday morning, there are countless 5K races going on around the country. Dan Renahan, a recent college graduate of Long Island University, won one of these 5K races in 16 minutes and 20 seconds on a Saturday in September. As usual, a local newspaper reporter wrote a short article on the event [...]
Healthy Biodiversity: Taking Care of the Environment and Our Health
Biodiversity is an important element in the natural world: it maintains ecosystem function by preserving species dominance and protects species health by ensuring genetic diversity. Biodiversity also acts as a buffer to many diseases—a genetically diverse population is much more likely to withstand outbreaks, while weak genetic diversity within wildlife can lead to an increase [...]
Calculus: Should Isaac Newton Earn Royalties?
It is common intuition that knowledge and ideas drive growth. But if economics were intuition and nothing more, it would not be a profession. This is the story of how a group of young economists created a revolution in technical economics by recognizing how central knowledge-driven technological change is to economies, and more importantly, modeling [...]
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